Veg·e·ta·tion n.
1. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
3. Med. An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.
Vegetation of salts Old Chem., a crystalline growth of an arborescent form.
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